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May 14, 2019

Finding Trends in Population Health: Regenstrief Health Informatics Director Speaks to HIMSS TV

Brian on HIMSS TV

Brian E. Dixon, PhD, MPA, director of public health informatics at Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI, spoke to HIMSS TV about efforts to use new technology to manage health data. He discussed Regenstrief’s efforts to automate the delivery of data into dashboards to reduce the burden of professionals looking at population data.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is an organization dedicated to improving healthcare in quality, safety, cost-effectiveness and access through the best use of information technology and management systems. According to its website, HIMSS TV provides year-round, global coverage of all HIMSS events. They spoke to Dr. Dixon at the Global Conference in February.

Read about Dr. Dixon’s presentation at the conference.

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